Hillegass Surname

307,612th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,228 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Hillegass Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Hillegass Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2201:297,09727,478
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2801:179,35215,996

Hillegass Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Hillegass Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Hillegass occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Hillegass? popularity and diffusion

It is the 307,612th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 5,934,484 people. The surname Hillegass occurs mostly in The Americas, where 48 percent of Hillegass are found; 47 percent are found in North America and 47 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 1,220 people, or 1 in 297,097. In The United States it is most common in: Florida, where 6 percent reside, Virginia, where 5 percent reside and North Carolina, where 3 percent reside. Excluding The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.

Hillegass Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Hillegass has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Hillegass last name grew 436 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Hillegass Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Hillegass last name are 18.43% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.2% registered to vote for the party.

Hillegass earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.93% less than the national average, earning $38,865 USD per year.

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Hillegass Reference & Research

Hillegas DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Hillegas FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Hillegass
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis